Kevin Mitchell was born on Saturday, January 13, 1962, in San Diego, California. Mitchell was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1984, with the New York Mets. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kevin Mitchell baseball stats page.
"He was an MVP. He has also been shot three times. He once showed up to spring training 30 pounds heavier - not from working out or using steroids, but from eating too much that off-season. Some say he once killed a cat on purpose; others say he punched a minor-league owner in the mouth during a brawl. He played in Japan, he's a former gang member, he's got a World Series ring, and he even managed a team after his playing days were over. It's been said about a select few that they 'did it all,' but when you look at this guy's resume, it might be the truth. Who is he? Kevin Mitchell." - Author Steve "Psycho" Lyons in The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments (Triumph Books, "No Use For This Glove," April 1, 2009)
Kevin Mitchell![]() Kevin Mitchell Autograph on a 1988 Leaf (#87) |
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Kevin MitchellKevin Mitchell Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Kevin MitchellKevin Mitchell Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1984 | 22 | Mets | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
| 1986 | 24 | Mets | 108 | 328 | 51 | 91 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .277 | .344 | .466 |
| 1987 | 25 | Padres | 62 | 196 | 19 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .245 | .313 | .398 |
| 1987 | 25 | Giants | 69 | 268 | 49 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 28 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .306 | .376 | .530 |
| 1988 | 26 | Giants | 148 | 505 | 60 | 127 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 80 | 48 | 7 | 85 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | .251 | .319 | .442 |
| 1989 | 27 | Giants | 154 | 543 | 100 | 158 | 34 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 125 | 87 | 32 | 115 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .291 | .388 | .635 |
| 1990 | 28 | Giants | 140 | 524 | 90 | 152 | 24 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 93 | 58 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .290 | .360 | .544 |
| 1991 | 29 | Giants | 113 | 371 | 52 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 69 | 43 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | .256 | .338 | .515 |
| 1992 | 30 | Mariners | 99 | 360 | 48 | 103 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 67 | 35 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .286 | .351 | .428 |
| 1993 | 31 | Reds | 93 | 323 | 56 | 110 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 25 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | .341 | .385 | .601 |
| 1994 | 32 | Reds | 95 | 310 | 57 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 77 | 59 | 15 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .326 | .429 | .681 |
| 1996 | 34 | Red Sox | 27 | 92 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .304 | .385 | .413 |
| 1996 | 34 | Reds | 37 | 114 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .325 | .447 | .579 |
| 1997 | 35 | Indians | 20 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .153 | .275 | .373 |
| 1998 | 36 | Athletics | 51 | 127 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .228 | .279 | .346 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 13 Years | 1,223 | 4,134 | 630 | 1,173 | 224 | 25 | 234 | 1 | 760 | 491 | 87 | 719 | 2 | 42 | 27 | 89 | .284 | .360 | .520 | ||
Kevin MitchellKevin Mitchell Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1984 Mets | 3B | 5 | 2 | 69 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 1.96 |
| 1986 Mets | 1B | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 9.00 |
| 1986 Mets | 3B | 7 | 3 | 96 | 17 | 2.4 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 4.50 |
| 1986 Mets | CF | 6 | 6 | 132 | 13 | 2.2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.66 |
| 1986 Mets | LF | 40 | 26 | 744 | 55 | 1.4 | 55 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.00 |
| 1986 Mets | RF | 29 | 21 | 615 | 49 | 1.7 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 2.06 |
| 1986 Mets | SS | 24 | 20 | 450 | 93 | 3.9 | 87 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 5.22 |
| 1987 Padres | 3B | 51 | 50 | 1,290 | 145 | 2.8 | 137 | 29 | 108 | 8 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 2.87 |
| 1987 Padres | LF | 3 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.08 |
| 1987 Giants | LF | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1987 Giants | RF | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1987 Giants | 3B | 68 | 65 | 1,719 | 182 | 2.7 | 175 | 44 | 131 | 7 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.75 |
| 1987 Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1988 Giants | 3B | 102 | 97 | 2,529 | 280 | 2.7 | 264 | 61 | 203 | 16 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 2.82 |
| 1988 Giants | LF | 40 | 38 | 849 | 65 | 1.6 | 59 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .908 | 1.88 |
| 1989 Giants | 3B | 2 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.38 |
| 1989 Giants | LF | 147 | 147 | 27,384 | 321 | 2.2 | 314 | 306 | 8 | 7 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 0.31 |
| 1990 Giants | LF | 138 | 138 | 3,540 | 311 | 2.3 | 302 | 293 | 9 | 9 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.30 |
| 1991 Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1991 Giants | LF | 100 | 99 | 2,472 | 200 | 2.0 | 194 | 188 | 6 | 6 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 2.12 |
| 1992 Mariners | LF | 69 | 67 | 1,710 | 134 | 1.9 | 134 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.12 |
| 1993 Reds | LF | 85 | 84 | 1,926 | 156 | 1.8 | 149 | 143 | 6 | 7 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 2.09 |
| 1993 Reds | RF | 2 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.00 |
| 1994 Reds | 1B | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1994 Reds | LF | 89 | 89 | 2,118 | 145 | 1.6 | 141 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 1.80 |
| 1996 Red Sox | LF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
| 1996 Red Sox | RF | 21 | 19 | 477 | 30 | 1.4 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 1.58 |
| 1996 Reds | 1B | 3 | 3 | 87 | 31 | 10.3 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 9.31 |
| 1996 Reds | LF | 31 | 30 | 657 | 45 | 1.5 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.81 |
| 1997 Indians | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1998 Athletics | 1B | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.43 |
| 1998 Athletics | LF | 10 | 6 | 147 | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.84 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| LF Totals | 756 | 729 | 41,637 | 1,447 | 1.9 | 1,406 | 1,360 | 46 | 41 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 0.91 | |
| 3B Totals | 235 | 218 | 5,742 | 632 | 2.7 | 599 | 142 | 457 | 33 | 39 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 2.82 | |
| RF Totals | 53 | 42 | 1,155 | 87 | 1.6 | 83 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .954 | 1.94 | |
| SS Totals | 25 | 20 | 453 | 94 | 3.8 | 88 | 31 | 57 | 6 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 5.25 | |
| 1B Totals | 9 | 6 | 162 | 52 | 5.8 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 8.33 | |
| CF Totals | 6 | 6 | 132 | 13 | 2.2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.66 | |
| 13 Years | 1,084 | 1,021 | 49,281 | 2,325 | 2.1 | 2,239 | 1,672 | 567 | 86 | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 1.23 | |
Kevin MitchellKevin Mitchell Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1984 Mets | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.7 | 14.0 | - | - | - |
| 1986 Mets | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 1 | n/a | 27.3 | 5.4 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 0 | n/a | 28.0 | 5.2 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Giants | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 17.9 | 5.4 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
| 1988 Giants | 5 | 5 | .500 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 26.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | - | - | - |
| 1989 Giants | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 11.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | - | - | - |
| 1990 Giants | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 15.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
| 1991 Giants | 2 | 3 | .400 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 13.7 | 6.5 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
| 1992 Mariners | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 40.0 | 7.8 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
| 1993 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 17.0 | 6.7 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
| 1994 Reds | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 10.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | - | - | - |
| 1996 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 46.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
| 1996 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 19.0 | 7.1 | 4.4 | - | - | - |
| 1997 Indians | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
| 1998 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 63.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 13 Years | 30 | 31 | .492 | 122 | 1 | 69 | 17.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
Kevin MitchellKevin Mitchell Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1984 New York Mets | 32 | $40,000.00 | - | - |
| 1986 New York Mets | 7 | $60,000.00 | - | Stats |
| 1987 San Diego Padres | 7 | $125,000.00 | - | - |
| 1987 San Francisco Giants | 9 | " " | - | - |
| 1988 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $237,500.00 | - | - |
| 1989 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $610,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
| 1990 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $2,083,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 1991 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $3,750,000.00 | - | - |
| 1992 Seattle Mariners | 17, 7 | $3,750,000.00 | - | - |
| 1993 Cincinnati Reds | 7 | $3,750,000.00 | - | - |
| 1994 Cincinnati Reds | 7 | $3,750,000.00 | - | n/a |
| 1996 Boston Red Sox | 24 | $1,135,000.00 | - | - |
| 1996 Cincinnati Reds | 7 | " " | - | - |
| 1997 Cleveland Indians | 44 | $500,000.00 | - | - |
| 1998 Oakland Athletics | 31, 7 | $225,000.00 | - | - |
| Kevin Mitchell Stats by Baseball Almanac | ||||

What do Joe Morgan, Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell and Don Robinson each have in common? Each one of them won a Silver Slugger Award - the first by a San Francisco Giants at their respective position. Morgan was their first second-baseman (1982), then in 1989, Clark (first base), Mitchell (outfield) and Robinson (pitcher) were added to the list.
In 1989, Kevin Mitchell led the National League (NL) in home runs and runs batted in, capturing two legs of the Triple Crown. He was the only slugger, from either league, with more than forty home runs that season (AL Top 25 / NL Top 25).
Kevin Mitchell was the sixth player in Giants franchise history to reach the 40+ home run plateau, joining Mel Ott, Johnny Mize, Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey (all hall of famers).

Kevin Mitchell | Cooperstown Collection Photograph | Photoshopped by Baseball Almanac
Did you know that during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, in the tenth inning, with two outs, and his Mets facing elimination, Mitchell (once again) continued to cement his reputation as a clubhouse toxin? Author Jonathan Weeks (Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities: A Gallery of Rogues, Page 78) described what happened, "Instead of watching from the edge of his dugout seat with teammates, he snuck off to the clubhouse to make travel arrangements. Meanwhile, back on the field, teammate Gary Carter singled to keep the game alive. Summoned to pinch-hit for pitcher Rick Aguilera, Mitchell pulled his uniform back on in a hurry and rushed to the plate to deliver a single without the benefit of his protective cup. The Mets would eventually win the game and the Series. Years later, Mitchell would attempt to refute the story in a radio interview, claiming he never wore a cup because he could not find one big enough to accomodate him."